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YES FUTURES

Registered charity 1155082 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Yes Futures empowers young people to believe in themselves and discover their personal potential.

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Latest income
£354k
Latest spending
£331k
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Yes Futures ended the year with a financial surplus, allowing it to begin rebuilding unrestricted reserves from £8,040 to £24,138. The charity reports adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, having successfully negotiated the early settlement and partial conversion of its government loan to grant.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between 3 and 6 months’ costs (held: £24k)
“We plan to gradually rebuild our unrestricted reserves each year to reach the equivalent of between 3 and 6 months’ costs.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee connected to Connolly Foundation
“One of the trustees is also a trustee of the Connolly Foundation, which funded Yes Futures £7,600 in 2025 for work in Bedfordshire.” — page 37
“One trustee was a board member of Academies Enterprise Trust and LIFT Schools, both of which organisations were customers of Yes Futures during 2025 and paid for the Rising Futures programme to run in one of their schools.” — page 37
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee connected to Academies Enterprise Trust and LIFT Schools
“One of the trustees is also a trustee of the Connolly Foundation, which funded Yes Futures £7,600 in 2025 for work in Bedfordshire.” — page 37
“One trustee was a board member of Academies Enterprise Trust and LIFT Schools, both of which organisations were customers of Yes Futures during 2025 and paid for the Rising Futures programme to run in one of their schools.” — page 37
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Yes Futures (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2023)

Total income
£580k
Total spending
£568k
Cost of raising funds
£15k
Reserves (reported)
£53k
Employees
11

Reported reserves equal ~1.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (64% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£354k£331k
31/12/2024£431k£503k
31/12/2023£580k£568k
31/12/2022£512k£576k
31/12/2021£450k£437k

Common questions

Is YES FUTURES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that Yes Futures ended the year with a financial surplus, allowing it to begin rebuilding unrestricted reserves from £8,040 to £24,138. The charity reports adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, having successfully negotiated the early settlement and partial conversion of its government loan to grant. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds YES FUTURES?

Funders whose own accounts filings name YES FUTURES as a grant recipient include GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION, THE DULVERTON TRUST, NEWBY TRUST LIMITED, LSEG Foundation, THE GOSLING FOUNDATION LIMITED.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATIONFY2024£200kYouth
THE DULVERTON TRUSTFY2024£70kYes Futures - Core Costs
THE DULVERTON TRUSTFY2023£35kYes Futures’ programmes in Kent and Essex
NEWBY TRUST LIMITEDFY2022£20kEducation
LSEG FoundationFY2022£15k
THE GOSLING FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2023£10kYouth
THE ECONOMIST CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£8kProject donation
The Connolly Foundation (UK) LimitedFY2025£8kYoung people/Community
CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£5k
CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5k
CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3k
THE DULVERTON TRUSTFY2025£1kBig Give Christmas Challenge 2024 - Enabling disadvantaged youth to fulfil potential

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation13/09/2023£7kIntensive coaching & skill development programme to support disadvantaged young people from 2 x secondary schools in Luton and Bedfordshire.
UK government05/10/2020£54kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
City Bridge Foundation13/09/2018£47kGrant to Yes Futures